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U.S. Deploys Orbital Communications Jammer
kpwoodr writes "An interesting article at the Washington Times makes note of a recent satellite launch by the U.S. It seems we have put a jammer in space that will allow us to disrupt enemy communication systems at will. From the article: 'The U.S. military is bracing for future attacks in space, and the Air Force has deployed an electronic-warfare unit capable of jamming enemy satellites, the general in charge of space defenses says. "You can't go to war and win without space."'"
You really think pointing weapons at others makes you safer, don't you?
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How does this crap get modded insightful.
War is instinctual. It is tremendously easy to say "let's not go to war anymore" but all it takes it one jerk peeing in the punchbowl, and suddenly you have a fight on your hands.
You can try to claim Europe has changed it's stance on war, but all it takes it the right combination of circumstances and they'll be at it again. They've been able to adjust their thinking because, quite frankly, they've had others to fight their wars for them if necessary.
I'm so tired of this peacenik garbage. People war because ultimately, at some point, there will be a person whose desire for control exceeds their desire for peaceful interaction. If that person controls a country, then war. And all the philosophical nonsense gets tossed when you get punched in the nose.
War sucks. We ALL agree, even those who make war for a living. But the nature of man's social interaction makes war an unfortunate reality, that all the pie-in-the-sky-thinking can't refute.
I don't care which idiot President started it. The guy in the Oval Office today let it get into orbit.
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